Data specific to Peonies (Edit)
Originator/Registrant: Richardson
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1904
Cultivar Group (Type): Lactiflora
Flower Color: Pink

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 7b
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy

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Common names
  • Peony
  • Garden Peony
  • Chinese Peony

Photo Gallery
Location: My Garden in PA
Date: 2017-05-21
A favorite pink peony!
Location: Arboretum Ellerhoop, Germany.
Date: 2012-06-12
Location: Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2017-06-05
Walter Faxon - The intensity of pink in blooms of this peony is v
Photo by Cem9165
Location: My Garden in PA
Date: 2019-05-24
Location: southeast Ohio
Date: 2017-05-04
Location: Newby Hall, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2018-06-15

Date: c. 1922
photo from 'Horticulture', 1922
Photo by kousa
Photo by Cem9165

Photo courtesy of Nate Bremer of Solaris Farms
Location: Botanical Garden of Moscow State University
Photo courtesy of: Kor!An
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-10-27
"Paeonia 'Walter Faxon', 2017, (3-DB-PK) Chinese or lactiflora [P
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-10-27
"Paeonia 'Walter Faxon', 2017, (3-DB-PK) Chinese or lactiflora [P
Location: southeast Ohio
Date: 2017-05-08
with Krinkled White

Photo courtesy of Nate Bremer of Solaris Farms
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Botanical Garden of Moscow State University
Photo courtesy of: Kor!An

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